mu = 1100 = population mean
sigma = 275 = population standard deviation
x = 1400 = raw score
z = z score
z = (x-mu)/sigma
z = (1400-1100)/(275)
z = 300/275
z = 1.0909090909091 approximately
z = 1.09
Convention is to round to two decimal places so that you can use a Z table to look up the area under the curve (which helps determine probability).
The positive z score is due to Paula's raw score being above the mean.
This graph is composed of four straight line segments. You'll need to determine the slope, y-intercept and domain for each of them. Look at the first segment, the one on the extreme left. Verify yourself that the slope of this line segment is 1 and that the y-intercept would be 0 if you were to extend this segment all the way to the y-axis. Thus, the rule (formula, equation) for this line segment would be f(x)=1x+0, or just f(x)=x, for (-3,-1). Use a similar approach to write rules for the remaining three line segments.
Present your answer like this:
x, (-3,-1)
f(x) = -1, (-1,0)
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